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Problem with the administrative priviledges even though the admin

Administrative privileges problemHello guys, yesterday i created an account with administrative privileges, i had administrator enabled too, i disabled administrator but accidentally converted my account type to standard user!! i've got only 3 accounts "Zain" "guest" "administrator", where "Zain" is a standard one while the other...

System Security

Administrative options grayed out on an admin account??Hey,
I need to change an allowed program from the firewall on my laptop (Win 7 64 bit), but when I go to the menu where I would go in and allow the program, the 'Change Settings' button is grayed out.. and I'm an administrator. Any help for how to be able to click that button?

System Security

administrative errors... are they a problem?Hello,
it all started with my calling Dell because my cursor is driving me crazy (jumping around) and I was transferred to My tech Guru who took hold of the computer and went into this administrative page where he found thousands of errors. He told me that my computer was in danger of being...

Performance & Maintenance

My administrative account is not allowing administrative privelegesHi, I just completed a factory reinstall of my HP Computer, 64-bit, Windows 7.
I only created one user account at the prompt, as the computer was setting up.
I've made sure that the account is listed as having "administrator".
However, after installing a number of programs onto my...

General Discussion

Unable to Delete Folder From Desktop (Administrative Problem)Hello
Last night I decided to install a game, so I made a folder on my desktop.
I finished installing it last night.
Today I decided I dont need it any more so, I went to delete it.
The file says that I need administrative privillages. Then says u require permission from Owner-Hp\Owner to make...

General Discussion

System hangs when asking for Admin PriviledgesI have an annoying issue and it only happens about half the time my computer is turned on.
When I run a program in "admin mode", the screen goes black and hangs for about 5 seconds, the prompt comes up asking me to approve, I click yes, screen goes black for another 5 seconds then the program...